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A Graduate Guide to Aesthetics in North America A Graduate Guide to Aesthetics in North America THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETICS: AN ASSOCIATION FOR AESTHETICS, Fifth Edition CRITICISM, AND THEORY OF THE ARTS American Society for Aesthetics https://aesthetics-online.org Compiled by Michel-Antoine Xhignesse Capilano University Contents About the Guide 3 About the ASA 3 Doctoral Programs 4 Master’s Programs 18 For more information, please contact [email protected] © American Society for Aesthetics 2020 A non-exclusive, royalty-free license is hereby granted for educational and non-profit reproduction and distribution. Last updated: March 14, 2020 GRADUATE GUIDE TO AESTHETICS IN NORTH AMERICA 3 About About the Guide the ASA This Guide has been compiled for students who are The American Society for Aesthetics was founded interested in pursuing graduate studies in philoso- in 1942 to promote study, research, discussion, and phy with an expertise or competence in aesthetics or publication in aesthetics. The Society meets annual- the philosophy of art. It’s available free of charge at ly in the fall and its four regional divisions meet in http://aesthetics-online.org/?page=GraduateGuide. the spring and summer. It also publishes the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the ASA Newsletter, In 1998 the American Society for Aesthetics sur- and the ASA Graduate E-Journal (ASAGE). All are veyed graduate and undergraduate philosophy de- free to members. partments to determine how many have philoso- phers of art on staff, what aesthetics courses are The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism pub- offered, and what demand exists for those courses. lishes current research articles, symposia, special It was found that demand for undergraduate aesthet- issues, and book reviews in aesthetics and the arts. ics courses is steady and increasing somewhat and The term “aesthetics,” in this connection, is under- matches demand for core courses; that almost one in stood to include all studies of the arts and related four departments report an increase in demand for types of experience from a philosophic, scientific, aesthetics at the graduate level; and that many de- or other theoretical standpoint. The “arts” are taken partments would like to offer more aesthetics and a to include not only the traditional forms such as substantial proportion have plans to do so. music, literature, landscape architecture, dance, painting, architecture, sculpture, and other visual The original data for the Guide were collected by arts, but also more recent additions such as photog- Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Co- raphy, film, earthworks, performance and conceptu- lumbia), who sent a survey to every North Ameri- al art, the crafts and decorative arts, contemporary can graduate philosophy program. Each department technical innovations, and other cultural practices, was asked to identify the graduate aesthetics courses including work and activities in the field of popular it offers, any teaching opportunities for graduate culture. students in aesthetics courses, and the names and interests of faculty capable of supervising students Students pay a modest membership fee. To join, in aesthetics. visit http://aesthetics-online.org. This fifth edition of the Guide includes responses from 65 departments (47 PhD, 18 MA) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The information in this Guide has been reported by the departments themselves. It should not be under- stood to have been endorsed by the ASA, nor should it form the sole basis for selecting a graduate program. GRADUATE GUIDE TO AESTHETICS IN NORTH AMERICA 4 Doctoral several essays whose goal is to connect aesthetics with other areas of philosophy. Programs Joseph Tolliver, Associate Professor, has research University of Alberta interests including the ontology of music, and the ineffability of aesthetic experience. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Jonathan M. Weinberg, Professor, is interested in The Department of Philosophy at the University of connections between aesthetics and natural- Alberta offers on average one aesthetics course eve- ism/cognitive science, especially regarding the ry two or three years. These include courses in gen- working of the imagination, fiction, and the emo- eral aesthetics, the history of aesthetics, and envi- tions, with additional research interests in experi- ronmental aesthetics. Currently there are no gradu- mental philosophy & aesthetics; genre; the middle- ate students pursuing an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. brow; and “aesthetic debunking arguments”. Graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. Teaching assistantships are not Peg Brand Weiser, Adjunct Faculty (UA) and available for aesthetics courses. Emerita Associate Professor, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, works in feminist Aesthetics Faculty aesthetics, political art that intersects with race and sexuality, the aesthetics of Simone de Beauvoir, and Robert Burch, Professor Emeritus, works in the the topic of beauty. philosophy of literature, continental aesthetics (in- cluding Hegel and Heidegger). https://philosophy.arizona.edu/ Marie-Eve Morin, Professor, works in phenomenol- ogy and French philosophy, including Merleau- University at Buffalo Ponty, Derrida, and Nancy. The University at Buffalo offers 1-2 aesthetics Amy Schmitter, Professor, works in general aesthet- courses each year, usually in either general aesthet- ics, pictorial representation, history of aesthetics ics or on issues at the intersection of aesthetics and and art theory, feminist aesthetics, philosophy of art ethics. There is currently one PhD student pursuing history and methodology. a specialization in aesthetics, and three pursuing an area of competence in aesthetics. Teaching assis- Jenny Welchman, Professor, works in general aes- tantships in aesthetics are usually available, alt- thetics as well as environmental aesthetics. hough typically opportunities to teach aesthetics courses are not. https://www.ualberta.ca/philosophy Aesthetics Faculty University of Arizona Maureen Donnelly, Associate Professor, primarily interested in issues having to do with the cognitive Orientation: Analytic value of art, empathy and art, and some issues hav- ing specifically to do with literature (e.g., meta- The University of Arizona offers upper level under- phor). grad, introductory graduate, and research seminars in aesthetics. Alexandra King, Assistant Professor, works mainly in meta-aesthetics, and intersections of ethics and Aesthetics Faculty aesthetics. Keith Lehrer, Regents Professor Emeritus, Research http://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy.html Professor (Active), works on the intersection of art, consciousness, free will, self and knowledge. Au- thor of Art, Self and Knowledge, OUP, 2011, and of GRADUATE GUIDE TO AESTHETICS IN NORTH AMERICA 5 Boston University Alva Noë, Professor, works in the theory of art, dance, and visual art. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Andreja Novokovic, Associate Professor, works on The department of philosophy at Boston University Hegel, including Hegel’s aesthetics. offers a course in aesthetics for graduate credit once every other year. Topics include general aesthetics, Tim Clarke, Associate Professor, has an active in- history of aesthetics, philosophy of film, and phi- terest in contemporary art. losophy of literature. Currently there are approxi- mately three students pursuing an AOS in aesthetics Seth Yalcin, Associate Professor, maintains an ac- and a further four pursuing an AOC. Both teaching tive interest in street art. assistantships and graduate instructorships are regu- larly offered in aesthetics courses. http://philosophy.berkeley.edu Aesthetics Faculty University of British Columbia Daniel Dahlstrom, Professor, works in Heidegger and phenomenology as well as German philosophy. Orientation: Analytic Aaron Garrett, Associate Professor, is interested in The UBC philosophy department regularly offers the philosophy of film. courses in aesthetics, especially on topics overlap- ping with issues in the philosophy of mind, episte- th Allen Speight, Associate Professor, works in 19 mology, and metaphysics. There are about six grad- th and 20 century aesthetics, aesthetics in Hegel and uate students pursuing an AOC or AOS in aesthetics German Idealism, and the philosophy of literature. at UBC. Teaching assistantships and graduate in- structorships are normally available in aesthetics http://www.bu.edu/philo courses every year. Aesthetics Faculty University of California, Berkeley Dominic McIver Lopes, Professor, works in pictori- Orientation: Analytic, Historical al representation, the aesthetic and the cognitive values of pictures, digital art, ontology of art, theo- The University of California, Berkeley, offers one ries of art, art and value, cross-cultural aesthetics, course every other year for graduate credit in gen- and the intersection between aesthetics and cogni- eral aesthetics. There are several students pursuing tive science. either an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Both teaching assistantships and graduate instructorships are regu- Chris Mole, Associate Professor, works in philoso- larly offered in aesthetics courses. The department phy of literature. also features an active student-run aesthetics work- ing group. John Woods, Professor Emeritus, works in the phi- losophy of fiction. Aesthetics Faculty http://www.philosophy.ubc.ca Hannah Ginsborg, Professor, works in the philoso- phy of music, and Kant’s aesthetics. City University of New
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